High-IQ Characters, Clever Plots, and Good Writing 高智商，有头脑，文笔好

1. 51 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 940.3kReads9.3Score119.4kShelves
2. 52 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 136.7kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
3. 53 拒 You Turned Down My Confession, So Why Are You Living with a Gangster Heiress? 拒绝你表白，你找黑道千金同居？ When Will the Moon Shine? Canned明月几时有罐头Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + gangland feuds + no System + no rebirth + a little angst and lots of sweetness] Shen You, a former simp who has sealed off his heart with a wall of concrete, confesses to his childhood sweetheart, whom he's pursued for years, only to be rejected. By chance, he saves the campus beauty from jumping into the river, and the two begin an unabashed cohabitation... But Shen You never imagined that the shy, delicate, easy-to-push-around heiress 29.8kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
4. 54 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 123.5kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
5. 55 致 To My High School Love 致高中的Ta Clear Wind Sings of Passing Years清风吟流年Urban4.3M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy + Slow-paced + Character growth] [The first two volumes conclude with one heroine. The third volume is a standalone alternate-timeline story with multiple heroines. Readers who prefer a single heroine can stop after the end of Volume Two.] This is the story of Wang Yang's growth from a cowardly, academically struggling student who runs away from trouble into someone who works hard and can shelter the people he loves from life's storms. By chance, Wang Yang, a struggling soph 16.5kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
6. 56 我 I’m a Full-Time Uncle, and My 16 Nephews Are Fighting for My Attention! 我，全职奶舅，十六个外甥争宠！ The Way of the Sword and the Stars键道星辰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Yi, an ordinary man with a simple life and sixteen nephews. Let me reiterate: I really am just an ordinary man. If you have any problems, take them up with my sixteen hopeless nephews. Lin Yi activates the Max-Level Uncle System and binds himself to his sixteen nephews. As long as they develop their extraordinary talents, he can earn rewards. Lin Yi discovers... that every one of his sixteen nephews is extraordinary. Nephew One: Has an incredibly ambitious desire for wealth, and v 17.9kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
7. 57 绘 Painting the Stardust of the World 绘世星尘 Flying Down Jacket会飞的羽绒服Sci-Fi & Apocalypse450k WordsCompleted The universe is a prison, and fate is a lock. Beneath the calm of the Twin-Mind Planet, judgment has long been hidden in the cycle of reincarnation: older than civilization, more secret than breathing. “Deep are the mysteries of the star prison; the delusive crystal conceals the truth. Let the heart turn toward the hidden depths, and when illusion breaks, the Way remains.” The voice from beyond that lit the mind of Qingping Star Sovereign did more than that. It was the first beam of light to pi 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one definitely fits the bill.

8. 58 跳 Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 跳龙门 The One Playing the Zither抚琴的人Urban6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Leaping Through the Dragon Gate: The Struggle for Supremacy has premiered on Hongguo App. Song Yu, a senior at the Foreign Trade College, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich heir bullies him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for "Old Wolf," a powerful figure in Yuncheng, to protect him from the shadows. Song Yu refuses to rely on connections. Using his grit and intelligence, he lands an int 92.8kReads9.5Score7.2kShelves

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   Cool article, stimulating, clear thinking

9. 59 虎 The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain 虎出山 The One Playing the Zither抚琴的人Urban3.2M WordsCompleted (Original title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) The short drama based on The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain is now streaming on Hongguo. After accidentally killing a sleazy old thug, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar. At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he’ll help send Hong Weijun to prison. 62.7kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
10. 60 我 Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score180.5kShelves
11. 61 劫 Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 Dreams Adrift Through the Years浮梦流年Mystery21.6M WordsOngoing I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 11.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
12. 62 我 I Never Thought I'd Be Reborn 我真没想过要重生 The Tireless Traveler行者不息Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Lin Chu was reborn in 2005, just after the college entrance exams, with his youth in full bloom. He had never wanted to be reborn. So at an age when he should have been brimming with confidence, he felt lost... Should he achieve outstanding success in academia, or roam freely among the flowers? 2005: an era neither too distant nor too recent. Could he use his knowledge of the future to make a little money? Open a small shop, make a game, start a company... Looking back, Lin Chu realized he had a 6.4kReads8.6Score396Shelves
13. 63 黄 The Lady Master of the Yellow Springs Express 黄泉快递的当家女先生 It's Prajna, Yeah是般若吖Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Plot-driven fantasy anthology | Deities undergoing tribulations × ten lifetimes of reincarnation | Spirit communication and fortune-telling | Subverting expectations | The early chapters focus on the heroine's growth. After experiencing supernatural events and schemes, she gradually uncovers more secrets about her past life and origins. Spoiler: the story is told in reverse chronological order. Take your time and enjoy! 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It captures people's hearts right from the beginning, and the suspense is set up so cleverly

14. 64 萨 Sardo 萨尔多 A Chirping Bird一只啼鸟Eastern Fantasy236k WordsCompleted This book is not suitable for children! As the Sacred Snow Mountain teeters on the brink of collapse, a young boy from the Saldo tribe unexpectedly awakens the “Eye of the Ancestors,” guarded by his people for a thousand years, and inherits the cultivation legacy left behind by the Ice River Immortal. He leads the remnants of the Saldo tribe on a deadly migration, fighting hordes of demon beasts on the Crescent Grassland, standing up to the brutal Wolf-Herding Demon Clan, forging alliances with 110Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The writing is superb!

15. 65 易 Plum Blossoms Bloom Beyond the Great Wall 易路梅花塞北开 Secondhand Scientist Yuanyi貮手科学家元一Eastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted The book is now complete. Thank you all for your support. This is my first novel. Philosophical topics are niche by nature. I’m not looking for traffic; I only hope to offer something to readers who are passionate about the profound and extensive culture of the I Ching. The book consists of three volumes, progressing logically from specific details to the bigger picture. My abilities are limited, my knowledge shallow, and I published in haste, so there are bound to be many shortcomings and error 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An absolute wisdom-enhancing book!

16. 66 开 Exposing the Scandal from the Start, Cleaning Up the Bureaucracy After Being Reborn 开局怒揭黑幕，重生后整顿官场 A Thread of Green Peaks一缕青峰Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Reborn in 2007, the first thing Chen Zhixing did was quit his job! He was done playing the game of officialdom. Couldn't he just walk away? But who could have guessed that Hu Wei would try to set him up for a fall by getting him on the show Livelihood Pain Points? Chen Zhixing said, “Going on the show? Great, I should definitely go.” And then... an event that would shake the political world began. Starting as the deputy leader of a special task force, he climbed step by step to the top! Later, d 551Reads8.3Score105Shelves

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